It's a job
It's a job
Good perks. Free snacks/drinks. Nice campus in Mountain View. Plenty of parking. Challenging, interesting work. I had a good manager that looked out for me, but that may not be the case for everyone.
You will be the disdain of most of your geek peers. The wheels seem to be falling off lately.
No incentive to innovate.
The whole business model needs to be reevaluated. Management is holding too tightly to the old cash cows. In order to innovate, you have to give something up and make some hard decisions.
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Based on the recruiter's email, I was expecting the conversation to include questions around my C++ coding skills and prior experience relevant to the role, and LeetCode-style coding in C++. However, the discussion only focused on the hiring manager
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Mountain View, California, United StatesMay 1, 2017A very professional and well-organized interview system. Every interviewer treated me with respect and made me feel comfortable. The interviews ranged from problem-solving, coding, and design questions. One round covered testing in depth.
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CanadaNovember 15, 2025Typical FAANG interview. 4 parts, each with 1 technical question and 1 behavioral question. 1 system design question, 3 coding questions that target different things: * Requirement definition * Trade-offs in solution * A problem where the challenge
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Chicago, Illinois, United StatesNovember 6, 2025Based on the recruiter's email, I was expecting the conversation to include questions around my C++ coding skills and prior experience relevant to the role, and LeetCode-style coding in C++. However, the discussion only focused on the hiring manager
